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"id": 314443,
"description": "A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper; page: 38.1 x 28.9 cm (15 x 11 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.138",
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"description": "A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 37.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.139",
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"did_you_know": "The horse-headed musician playing the cymbals is a celestial being (gandharva) famed for his sweet voice.",
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"description": "This painting is from an important series made at a turning point in the history of court painting at the Rajput kingdom of Mewar. For the first time, a royal patron, Amar Singh II (r. 1698\u20131710), even before his accession to the throne, decided to incorporate Mughal elements into secular art, as seen in the white domed architecture and interest in conveying some sense of spatial depth. Nevertheless, the artist still adheres to the use of horizontal registers and bold planes of color. The codified iconography of Shri Raga involves a royal couple listening to recitations. Shri Raga is described as: \"Splendidly enthroned of peerless beauty and lovely as the autumn moon, he sits hearing stories from Narada and Tumburu. By the great sages he is called Shri Raga King.\" Amar Singh has playfully substituted his own portrait for that of the generic king, and a woman for that of the sage. In music, Shri Raga is associated with the season of autumn and the harvest festivals, here evoked by the dancing female musicians in the lower register.",
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